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Absolute beginner's guide to computer basics /
Guides beginning users through basic PC operations in Microsoft Windows, demonstrating how to print letters, manage finances, shop online, send and receive e-mail, and customize the desktop.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Indianapolis, Ind. :
Que,
©2007.
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| Edición: | 4th ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional) |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- VI. Exploring the digital lifestyle
- 30. Using your PC with a digital camera
- Transferring pictures via USB
- Transferring pictures from a memory card
- Scanning a picture
- Storing your photos in Windows
- 31. Organizing and editing your digital photos
- Choosing a photo editing program
- Editing your photos with Windows Photo Gallery
- Printing your photos
- 32. Sharing your digital photos online
- Emailing digital photos
- Sharing photos at a photo sharing site
- Printing photos online
- 33. Playing, ripping, and burning CDs
- Choosing a music player program
- Using Windows Media Player
- Using Apple iTunes
- 34. Downloading and playing digital music
- Understanding digital audio formats
- Downloading from online music stores
- Playing digital music on your PC
- Listening to Internet radio
- 35. Using your PC with an iPod or MP3 player
- Working with the Apple iPod
- Using Windows Media Player with other MP3 players
- 36. Playing DVDs and videos on your PC
- Using Windows Media Player to play DVDs
- Playing video files with Windows Media Player
- Playing recorded TV programs with Windows Media Player
- 37. Downloading and playing videos from the Web
- Looking for videos on the Web
- Viewing videos on YouTube
- Viewing and downloading videos from Google video
- Downloading videos from the iTunes store
- 38. Making your own digital home movies
- Configuring your system for video editing
- Choosing a video editing program
- Working with Windows Movie Maker
- Burning your movie to DVD.
- v. Using the Internet
- 19. Connecting to the Internet, at home and on the road
- Different types of connection
- Before you connect
- Setting up a new connection
- Sharing an Internet connection
- Connecting to a public WiFi hotspot
- 20. Sending and receiving email
- Setting up your email account
- Understanding the Windows Mail window
- Managing your email
- Sending files via email
- Protecting against spam, phishing scams, and viruses
- Using address book to manage your contacts
- 21. Surfing the Web with Internet Explorer
- Understanding the Web
- Using Internet Explorer 7
- Basic Web surfing
- Using tabbed browsing
- Advanced operations
- Internet security with IE7
- 22. Searching the Web
- How to search the Web
- Where to search
- Searching for people and businesses
- 23. Shopping online
- How to shop online
- How to find the best prices online
- How to shop safely
- Booking travel reservations online
- 24. Buying and selling in eBay online auctions
- Who sells on eBay?
- How does an eBay auction work?
- eBay bidding, step-by-step
- Buy it quick with buy it now
- More than auctions : eBay express, eBay stores, and Half.com
- Protecting yourself against fraudulent sellers
- eBay selling, step-by-step
- 25. Exploring blogs and podcasts
- Welcome to the blogosphere
- Reading, and commenting on, blogs
- Searching for blogs
- Tracking your blogs with feed reader software
- Creating your own blog
- Blogs on the radio : listing to podcasts
- 26. Social networking with MySpace
- What is MySpace?
- Browsing MySpace profiles
- Creating your own MySpace profile
- MySpace for parents
- 27. Creating your own Web page
- Building a Web page at a home page community
- Using page-building software
- Uploading your pages to a Web host
- 28. Exploring other cool and useful Websites
- News, sports, and weather
- Financial information
- Medical information
- Photos, clip art, and other images
- Maps and travel guides
- Classified and local shopping
- Job hunting
- R.
- IV. Using computer software
- 13. Installing new software
- Automatic installation
- Manual installation
- Installing software from the Internet
- Removing old programs
- 14. The suite spot : working with Microsoft Works and Microsoft Office
- Different versions of Works
- Working with Works
- Introducing Microsoft Office
- 15. Letters, memos, and more : working with Microsoft Word
- Exploring the Word interface
- Working with documents
- Working with text
- Printing a document
- Formatting your document
- Working with an outline
- Working with pictures
- 16. Crunching numbers : working with Microsoft Excel
- Understanding spreadsheets
- Entering data
- Inserting and deleting rows and columns
- Using formulas and functions
- Sorting a range of cells
- Formatting your spreadsheet
- Creating a chart
- 17. Presenting yourself : working with Microsoft PowerPoint
- Understanding Microsoft PowerPoint
- Creating a new presentation
- Formatting your slides
- Adding graphics
- Applying slide animations
- Start the show!
- 18. Banking and beyond : working with Microsoft Money and Quicken
- Managing your money with Microsoft Money
- Quick and easy banking with Quicken
- Doing online banking.
- III. Upgrading and maintaining your system
- 8. Adding new hardware and devices to your system
- Most popular peripherals
- Understanding ports
- Adding new external hardware
- Adding new internal hardware
- Connecting portable devices to your PC
- 9. Setting up a home network
- How networks work
- Setting up a wired or wireless network
- Configuring Windows for your new network
- Setting up wireless security
- Sharing files and folders across the network
- Sharing a printer across your network
- Sharing an Internet connection
- 10. Performing routine maintenance
- Free up disk space by deleting unnecessary files
- Make you hard disk run better by defragmenting
- Perform a hard disk checkup with ScanDisk
- Keep you hardware in tip-top condition
- Backing up your important data with Windows backup
- 11. Dealing with common problems
- How to troubleshoot computer problems
- What to do when Windows freezes
- Dealing with a major crash
- Undoing the damage with system restore
- 12. Protecting your PC from viruses, spam, and other online nuisances
- Safeguarding your system from computer viruses
- Fighting email spam
- Resisting phishing scams
- Hunting down spyware
- Defending against computer attacks
- Shielding your children from inappropriate content.
- Introduction
- How this book is organized
- Which version of Windows?
- Conventions used in this book
- Let me know what you think
- I. Getting started
- 1. Understanding desktop PCs
- What your computer can, and can't, do
- Getting to know your personal computer system
- Computer hardware basics
- 2. Understanding notebook PCs
- Notebooks PCs : pros and cons
- Key elements of a notebook PC
- Different types of notebook PCs
- Special considerations for using a notebook PC
- 3. Setting up your new computer system
- Before you get started
- Connecting the cables
- Turning it on and setting it up
- II. Using Windows
- 4. Getting to know Windows Vista
- Introducing Windows Vista
- Working your way around the desktop
- Important Windows operations
- Using the start menu, and switching programs
- Using Windows Explorers
- All the other things in Windows
- Getting help in Windows
- Shutting down Windows, and your computer
- 5. Using Windows XP on older computers
- Before Vista : previous versions of windows
- Getting to know Windows XP
- Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows Vista
- 6. Personalizing Windows
- Getting to know the Windows control panel
- Changing the look of your desktop in Windows Vista
- Changing the look of your desktop in Windows XP
- Organizing desktop icons
- Changing the way the start menu works
- Resetting the time and date
- Setting up additional users
- 7. Working with files, folders, and disks
- Understanding files and folders
- Viewing folders and files
- Navigating folders
- Searching for files
- Creating new folders
- Renaming files and folders
- Copying files
- Moving files
- Deleting files
- Working with compressed folders
- Copying files to another computer
- Backing up your important files.